WEBINAR: Columnar Databases: Best Choice for Real-Time Analytics - 19th September 2018

Business today often calls for analyzing millions or even billions of rows of data  on demand and in real time. And although relational databases are unmatched  for transactional workloads, columnar databases allow for faster and easier analytical queries. In this latest Data Science Central webinar, we'll explore how columnar databases can: Decrease the need to read from disk Massively compress your dataset Eliminate the need for indexes Support ad hoc, on-demand queries at any scale We'll use MariaDB AX, an open source columnar database for enterprises, to demonstrate  how column-based storage can make your analytics more efficient, flexible and scalable –  without sacrificing standard SQL. Speaker: Shane Johnson, Senior Director of Product Marketing -- MariaDB Hosted by: Bill Vorhies, Editorial Director -- Data Science Central Title:  Columnar Databases: Best Choice for Real-Time Analytics Date:  Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 Time:  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

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AI Knowledge Map: How To Classify AI Technologies by Francesco Corea via @kdnuggets

What follows is then an effort to draw an architecture to access knowledge on AI and follow emergent dynamics, a gateway of pre-existing knowledge on the topic that will allow you to scout around for additional information and eventually create new knowledge on AI.

I love the diagram and explanations in this article - it is worth printing and keeping to hand.

How blockchain technology could aid key data challenges by Kevin Peek via @infomgmt

A variety of healthcare provider organisations and health insurers are just beginning to deploy distributed information to solve vexing data issues.

Yes blockchain gives definite benefits and I think that organisations should be looking at it seriously to see if it solves some of the problems they are experiencing.

Master data management is not the answer to GDPR compliance by Aaron Zornes by @infomgmt

By themselves, neither data governance nor MDM offer sufficient capabilities to meet GDPR requirements. Together, we are much more empowered as an organisation.

This article contains some really interesting points that I had not realised. Worth reading and thinking about - maybe they are true in your own organisation and you are not aware and may need to make some changes.

Digital 'fixation' causing firms to throw good money at bad projects by Bob Violino via @infomgmt

Organisations risk wasting millions of dollars in the next 12 months, as they rush into flawed digital projects, according to a new study.

I have to agree - you must find a benefit from each project and it is also important that you look afterwards to ensure that the project actually DID give the benefits that was suggested - it might meant you have a few failures but in the long term it can only improve the process of providing evidence of potential benefits fr proposed projects.

Machine Learning Cheatsheet via @readthedocs

Brief visual explanations of machine learning concepts with diagrams, code examples and links to resources for learning more.

Definitely something to be bookmarked.

Data Visualisation Cheat Sheet by @jschwabish via @kdnuggets

Core principles for successful data visualisation, including tips on how to reduce clutter, preattentive processing and how to integrate text within the graph.

This is so very useful and is worthy of a bookmark for sure.